The Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy

This painting is a memory of Rome, Italy. At the top of the stairs, between and behind the two buildings, is the hotel in which we stayed. The gentleman sitting on the fountain is my husband. I joke, "…with financial paper in hand, he is nervously looking over his shoulder for me, as I browse the expensive shops down the street to the right." If you look to the top-right - just below the palm tree, you will see where probably to this day...a sapphire earring lay hidden between Rome's cobblestones. We went down one night to a cart-vendor for some water; got caught in a wind/rain storm; my umbrella inverted; caught the earring, and sent it flying. The match was later made into a ring for my daughter, but since the pair was the first birthday gift from my husband, I painted the story to keep forever.
Original watercolor on paper.
Studio work, 1995.
24"x18" - ($7,900 value) NFS, Collection the artist.
Signed and Dated.
Framed and matted.